The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants for New and Expanded Services Under the Health Center Program (CFDA 93.527) to Project Vida Health Center (PVHC) in El Paso, Texas. The grant will fund a two-year project (12/1/2024 - 11/30/2026) to provide a continuum of integrated medical, behavioral, and substance use disorder care for justice-involved individuals within 2 weeks of release from the West Texas...
The Project Vida Health Center (PVHC) was awarded a $2,095,698 Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program grant (CFDA 93.530) from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish a psychiatry residency program. The program aims to train 12 residents (3 per year) over a 5-year period to provide high-quality, culturally competent care to the low-income, predominantly Hispanic/Latino population in the El Paso, Texas region, which is designated as a...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) Project Grant to Valley Health Team, Inc., a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in California. The grant funding will be used to expand the organization's behavioral health care capacity, including hiring additional providers with specialized substance use disorder (SUD) training to deliver mental health (MH) and SUD services, such as medication-assisted treatment (MOUD). The...
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $560,813 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program to the Pueblo Community Health Center (PCHC) in Pueblo, Colorado. The grant will fund PCHC's efforts to 1) increase the number of patients receiving mental health services, and 2) increase the number of patients receiving substance use disorder (SUD) services, including medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment. PCHC...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program, awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to La Clinica Del Pueblo, Inc., a 501(c)(3) Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Washington, D.C. The grant aims to expand the organization's mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) services for low-income, immigrant, and limited English proficient Latinx individuals in the...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to La Clinica De Familia Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The grant will fund the expansion of the organization's mental health and substance use disorder services. Specifically, the grant will support new staff positions, including a psychiatric nurse, licensed therapist, case manager, peer recovery specialist,...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program to River Valley Primary Care Services (RVPCS), a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center in Arkansas. The grant funding will enable RVPCS to expand access to integrated behavioral health services, including mental health and substance use disorder treatment, across its network of clinics serving underserved and vulnerable...
This Project Grant award for $2,400,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program supports the Migrant Health Center Western Region, Inc. (MHC) to expand access to behavioral health services, including mental health and substance use disorder treatment, in the western regions of Puerto Rico. The two-year award, with $600,000 in the first year and $500,000 in the second year, will enable MHC to hire an 11.5 FTE...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded Lamoille Health Partners, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), a $1.2M Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) Project Grant to expand behavioral health and substance use disorder services in Lamoille County, Vermont. The funding will support hiring 4 psychotherapists (2 mental health and 2 substance use disorder) and 1 psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, enabling the organization to serve an additional 333...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) federal grant program to Petaluma Health Center, Inc. (PHC), a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center in Petaluma, California. The 2-year grant, starting on September 1, 2024, will enable PHC to improve and increase the number of patients receiving 1) mental health services and 2) substance use disorder...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) project grant to Project Vida Health Center (PVHC), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in El Paso, Texas. The grant aims to expand behavioral health services, including mental health and substance use disorder treatment, with a focus on addressing the significant unmet needs of PVHC's predominantly low-income, uninsured, and minority patient population. Specifically, the funding will be used to leverage PVHC's new psychiatry residency program, train primary care providers to manage patients needing medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), and add three part-year peer recovery specialists and three substance use therapists to work with students at local public schools. By the end of 2025, PVHC expects to serve an additional 50 patients with MOUD, 170 more patients with other substance abuse disorder care, and 625 more patients with mental health disorders.